This meeting brings together a variety of scholars in the field of
classical studies, medicine and history of medicine to discuss the figure
of the ‘patient’ in ancient medicine. In particular, the conference aims
at shifting the focus from the ancient doctors’ authoritative discourses
about their profession, knowledge, theories and practices to reconstruct,
to whatever extent this is possible, the role, position and experience of
the patient.

The conference is free; please register by emailing your registration form
to Stefanie Jahnke (stefanie.jahnke.1 AT staff.hu-berlin.de) no later than
May 31, 2012.
Some travel bursaries might be available for students. Please contact the
organisers.
Chiara Thumiger (Chiara.Thumiger AT hu-berlin.de)
Georgia Petridou(Georgia.Petridou AT hu-berlin.de)

Alexander von Humboldt Professorship of Classics and History of Science
‘Medicine of the Mind – Philosophy of the body’. Discourses of Health and
Well Being in the Ancient World.http://www.classicsmedicine.org/Aktuelles

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